THE ARTS: '1 Bite 7 Days'

You knew tasting that bowl of snake soup was going to earn you brownie points -- somehow.

This weekend, a new art project puts the Japanese proverb "for every new food we eat, we gain seven days of life" to the test.

Native Staten Islander and author Heather Menicucci launches "1 Bite 7 Days" a documentary and "tasting experience" based on that proverb, Saturday and Sunday at the Renegade Craft Fair in Brooklyn. She'll serve up a trio of free, unusual dishes she promises will be delicious. Once the brave eaters "earn" their seven days, they'll enter a private space, akin to a photo booth, where they can share how they'll use their "new" time.

The documentary will be a portrait of the tastings and the confessionals. The final video will piece together segments from a few festivals "in an attempt to explore what we eat and why; what it means to be an adventurous eater; how we think about the value of food; our fantasies for how we would like to spend our time; the unifying effects of eating; food history; and the birth, meaning, and value of proverbs," says Menicucci.

"The project is also very simply an opportunity for an unexpected kind of fun and a chance to think about ourselves, and our habits, likes, and dislikes."

The Renegade Craft Fair is June 14 and 15, 11-7 p.m. at McCarren Park Pool, Brooklyn. The pool is located on Lorimer Street between Driggs & Bayard avenues. About 200 vendor will hawk everything from comic books and craft kits to silkscreened posters and reconstructed clothing, among other goods. mccarrenpark.com/directions, renegadecraft.com.